Home fans are accused of racist behaviour and throwing objects during last week’s 1-1 draw with Red Bull Leipzig.

Meanwhile, though, the survey by ITV London News shows problems closer to home can be just as stark

Yet 63 per cent of the victims said they had NOT reported the abuse and 57 per cent believe football chiefs do not take the issue seriously enough.

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Ebbsfleet keeper Nathan Ashmore claims the lack of support for racial abuse victims is worse outside the Football league.

He said: "I'll get called Pineapple Head every game, that's standard. I couldn't count how many times I've been abused over my whole career.

"The worst ones, I've been called a monkey, monkey chants, I've even had stuff thrown at me, I've had stuff like black ****”.

And of football's authorities, he said: "Personally I don't think they do enough.

"They might think they do, but more help is needed, especially in non-league football because that’s where I think most of it happens because it doesn't get reported enough and there aren't many cameras, unlike in the Premier League."

Ashmore's National League team-mate Aaron McLean, the former Peterborough and Bradford striker, explained his whole career had been littered by racial abuse.

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Aaron McLean has revealed some of the shocking moments of racial abuse he has faced

The 34-year-old said of his first memories as a young victim: "I was playing away, and when I was walking back into the tunnel a young lad who must have been 10 or 11-years-old was calling me a monkey, which is disgusting. His parents were with him”.

The survey covered 42 players from the the top seven tiers of English football.

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